Patricia Era Bath
“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only sound left is your heart. So you’d better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you’ll never know what it’s saying.” - Sarah Dessen. To make a change, one must learn the sound of their heart. Patricia Era Bath studied ophthalmology in Massachusetts at Harvard College in 1981 after she learned that African Americans have more eye problems than White People. Not many years afterward, she created the Laserphaco Probe. She then created Community Ophthalmology and worked as an assistant at Harvard Hospital (Biography in Context, Patricia Bath).
The Laserphaco Probe works by vaporizing the lens and cataract in the eye. After this has been done, the damaged lens in the eye
“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only sound left is your heart. So you’d better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you’ll never know what it’s saying.” - Sarah Dessen. To make a change, one must learn the sound of their heart. Patricia Era Bath studied ophthalmology in Massachusetts at Harvard College in 1981 after she learned that African Americans have more eye problems than White People. Not many years afterward, she created the Laserphaco Probe. She then created Community Ophthalmology and worked as an assistant at Harvard Hospital (Biography in Context, Patricia Bath).
The Laserphaco Probe works by vaporizing the lens and cataract in the eye. After this has been done, the damaged lens in the eye